Klezmer Nutcracker Holiday Concert

A klezmerized version of Tchaikovsky’s classic, with Shirim Klezmer Orchestra from Boston. Shirim’s Klezmer Nutcracker will make klezmer aficionados plotz and Tchaikovsky fans drop their jaws with wonder. It combines the zany wit of Spike Jones with the class and craft of Duke Ellington and recasts the Nutcracker as a Chanukah classic with images of a dancing Latkes Queen and marching Maccabees.

WETA Television and Classical WETA 90.9 FM are community-based public broadcasting stations serving the Washington area and supported by listeners and viewers. WETA is also a major producing station for PBS.

From Bolivia to Arlington

Luis Araya immigrated to Arlington, Virginia from Bolivia in 1966, when very few Latinos lived in the county. He reflects on the changes he has seen over the years and the influence of Latinos in Arlington today.

WETA History Timeline

Enjoy this step through time charting WETA's history from its founding in the 1950s as an educational television station, the addition of a public radio station, and evolution into a major national producer for PBS.